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Patent GB-171716-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in jigs for use in electrically welding the parts of automobile bodies
IPC: B62D65/02
Filed: 1920-05-20
Abstract: 171,716. Ledwinka, J. May 20, 1920. Road vehicles.-Parts of sheet-metal automobile bodies are assembled and clamped in a jig carrying stationary electric conductors against which the work bears and which co-operate either directly or indirectly through span contactors with conductor bars pivotally mounted in the jig. The shroud or cowl d, Figs. 4 and 6, is supported on an end frame 14 provided with stops 15, and also together with a door post by side standards 16 with its lower flanged edges 19 resting on extensions 18 from the standards. Current is supplied from one terminal of a transformer secondary to conductor bars 20 in the side standards, which are arranged at a sufficient distance outside of and below the work to facilitate assembling of the parts. The other terminal of the transformer secondary is connected to conductor bars 22 which are connected to conductors bar 25 carried by arms pivoted on shafts 23. These arms are each clamped in position by a nut 27 on an eyebolt 28 pivoted on a shaft 29. To effect welding of each flange 19 to a longitudinal sill 26 a conductor bar or contactor is used to span the space between the conductor 20 and the parts to be welded. Stops 31 arranged to engage the flanged end of the cowl are clamped in position by screws 33. The side panels b, Figs. 9 and 10, are secured by clamps 42 to a pair of central standards 35 connected to the standards 16 by bars 34 provided with conductors 36. In welding the flange 37 to the body sill 38, the narts are clamped on the conductor 36 by a pivoted bar 39 pressed down by a band-operated strap 41, welding being performed by an electrode carried by a flexible conductor. In welding the side panels to the front seat panel and the posts between the front and rear door openings, the parts are clamped by conductor bars 45 carried by pivoted gates 44 fixed in position by clamp rods 47 and nuts 48, and welding is performed by electrodes 70 carried by flexible conductors. Similar apparatus may be used to weld the end flange on the cowl to the front door posts. The tonneau parts a are secured by clamps 42<1> to a pair of standards 50, Fig. 8, which are pivoted at 51 and held in closed position by pivoted straps 53 and screws 54. A second transformer has its secondary terminals connected respectively to conductors 57 and to rocking frames 60 carrying conductors 58 for welding the flanges 62 to body sills 61 or conductors 59 for welding otherwise inaccessible parts. The standard 50 may be provided with gauge pins. The tonneau may also be welded to the rear post of the rear door by apparatus similar to that described with reference to Fig. 10. Flexible conductors carrying electrodes 70 may be tapped off any convenient point in the circuit of the transformer. For effecting welds at ordinarily inaccessible points a conductor levers such as 74, Fig. 12, may be used to span the space between conductors bars 75, 76. Spacer gauges for the parts constituting opposite sides of the body may be provided.
Patent GB-1146913-A (GB)
Title: Rotary fluid pressure devices
IPC: F01C1/10
Filed: 1966-03-29
Abstract: 1,146,913. Mixing apparatus. GERMANE CORP. 29 March, 1966 [9 July, 1965], No. 13955/66. Heading B1C [Also in Division F1] A rotary positive-displacement pump, or motor that can be used as a flow integrator, comprises an externally-toothed piston or star member 16 meshing with an internally-toothed ring-member 6, a plurality of working chambers or cells between said members being periodically and sequentially connected to an inlet port 54 for the working fluid and three outlet ports 56, 58, 60 within sections 2, 8 of an immovable casing by a rotary valve-member 24, which is connected to the star member by a splined shaft 42. The power output of the star member is used solely to drive the valve member, and therefore the machine functions as a flow divider. The flow of fluid can be reversed so that the machine becomes a flow integrator. A second embodiment. Figs. 5 to 10 (not shown), differs from that shown only in respect of the nature and disposition of the various slots and passages therein. In a third embodiment, Figs. 11 to 16 (not shown), the shaft 42 is omitted and the valve member (260) is connected to the star member (220) by an eccentric shaft (268) fixed to the valve member and rotatively engaging with a control bore in the star member. The casing contains only two outlet ports (277a, 277b) and a single inlet port (277). The second and third embodiments can also be used as flow integrators. In each embodiment the number of teeth on the star member is less than that on the ring member.
Patent GB-169416-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in lubricating systems for cross-heads
IPC: F16N9/04
Filed: 1920-07-07
Abstract: 169,416. Rogatchoff, T., and Raysinger, L. A. July 7, 1920. Gravity-feed lubricating for crossheads of locomotives and the like. Lubricant is introduced to passages 16, 19 in the upper guide 10 from a cup 15 and passes to grooves 17, 18 in the shoe 13 whence it passes into a vertical passage 20 and drops from a nipple 22 into a cup 23 on the connecting-rod 24. From the cup 23 the lubricant passes to lubricate the pin 21 through a passage 31 and drops from the ends through spaces 33 on to the lower shoe, which is a duplicate of the upper one. The lubricant passes to chambers 34 in the shoe through openings 35 and transverse grooves and openings 40 - - 47, passing thence to lubricate the lower guide through passages 36. The cup 23 contains packing which is retained in position by a perforated keeper 25. To retain the keeper in position on the connecting-rod end, inturned edges 27 on the keeper engage transverse ribs 26 on the rod and spring portions 28, Fig. 6, of the keeper hook into sockets 29 in the rod. Transverse ribs 30 are formed on the keeper to prevent oil from being thrown off the keeper during reciprocation.
Patent GB-239813-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to vehicle headlights
IPC: F21V7/00
Filed: 1925-05-28
Abstract: 239,813. Banks, P. K. May 28, 1925. Vehicle lamps; lighting, systems of.-A vehicle lamp comprises a main electric lamp bulb 2 situated on the centre line of the main reflector 1 and an auxiliary bulb 5 with a. supplementary reflector 4 located within the main reflector and below and to one side, preferably the near side, of the main bulb and close to the front glass 3, a hole being formed in the main reflector for the passage of the leads 6 to the auxiliary bulb. The supplementary reflector may be tilted or otherwise designed to reflect the auxiliary beam of light slightly more downwardly than the main beam, and switching means may be provided whereby either or both bulbs may be illuminated.
Patent GB-388010-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to liquid-level indicators
IPC: G01F23/16
Filed: 1931-05-12
Abstract: 388,010. Indicating liquid-levels. ETABLISSEMENTS E. JAEGER, 2, Rue Baudin, Levallois-Perret, Seine, France. May 12, 1931, No. 14049. Convention date, May 26, 1930. Void [Published under Sect 91 of the Acts.] [Class 123 (i).] A device for supplying air to the dip pipe3 of a pneumatic liquid level indicator, more particularly for liquid fuel, comprises a pipe 10 connected to the fuel supply pipe 7 between the pump 8 and fuel feeder 9, and opening at the bottom of the bell 1. Some of the liquid is thus delivered through the pipe 10, and air is drawn in through the hole 12 and delivered below the bell 1 to maintain the latter full of air. The air pressure due to the head of liquid is transmitted through an enlargement 4 and pipe 6 to apressure gauge. In a modification, Fig. 2, air is drawn through a pipe 14 into the fuel inlet pipe 7 to form an emulsion of air and liquid, some of which is delivered through the pipe 10.
Patent GB-553070-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to press knives for cutting leather or the like and guarding devices adapted for use therewith
IPC: C14B5/00
Filed: 1941-11-03
Abstract: 553,070. Press knives. BRITISH UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CO., Ltd., DONALDSON G., and KLEE, J. P. Nov. 3, 1941, No. 14119. [Class 31 (i)] A press knife 10 for cutting out shoe soles &c. is provided round its toe and rear ends with guarding pieces 12, 14 cut from a L-shaped strip of rubber &c. moulded with an embedded thin strip 22 of easily bendable metal and having its flange portion formed with nearly separated tabs 24. These pieces are secured to the knife by bifurcated rivets 26. Hollowed rubber washers 28 secured to the knife by screws 30 serve as finger and thumb grips.
Patent GB-700255-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the production of steel
IPC: C21C5/34
Filed: 1951-06-14
Abstract: Powdered lime is added to the blast in a basic Bessemer converter which is blown uninterruptedly in the production of low nitrogen steel in amounts which vary during the blow in such manner that all the combustion products which will combine with lime do so without excess lime being added at any time, the temperature of the bath being regulated by the addition of powdered or other cooling agent. The lime may be added rapidly during the combustion of silicon, more slowly during decarburization, and again rapidly during dephosphorization, and it may be added continuously or in stages. The blast may be enriched with oxygen, more particularly during dephosphorization. The cooling agent, e.g. powdered iron oxide or iron scrap, may be added with the blast or through the mouth of the converter and, in addition to iron-containing materials, it may also include limestone, iron carbonate, or other material which evolves gas. Sand or acidic iron ore may be added to improve the fluidity and solubility of the slag in citric acid.
Patent GB-240764-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to machines for distributing artificial manures
IPC: A01C15/08
Filed: 1925-05-29
Abstract: 240,764. Noebes, A. May 29, 19:M. Manure distributors comprise a hopper a from which manure is discharged by transverselyreciprocating fingers f arranged obliquely in pairs on a rod g. The material passes through a slit t on to a sieve c, which deposits it in a swath. The sieve c and the rod g are reciprocated by a lever at the side of the machine. The hopper outlet t is adjustable by means of a plate. k and lever m.
Patent GB-1300423-A (GB)
Title: An all-wing aircraft having ground-effect take-off and landing
Inventor: BERTIN JEAN HENRI
IPC: B60V1/22
Filed: 1970-03-24
Abstract: 1300423 Air cushion vehicles; aircraft BERTIN & CIE 24 March 1970 [24 March 1969] 14231/70 Headings B7K and B7W An aircraft for operation from water has a thick-profile wing 1 extending between thin panels and provided with hinged spanwise flaps 10, 11, 12 which, together with the panels 4, one or more chordwise bulkheads 7<SP>1</SP> and the wing undersurface, can constrain an air cushion fed by a jet pump 13, 14, 15, Fig. 5, which is covered by the leading edge flap 10 in flight at altitude. The cushion space is divided into six compartments by the intermediate flaps 12 and two bulkheads 7<SP>1</SP> and the flaps 11, 12 are arranged so that the thrust centre of the cushion coincides with the aerodynamic thrust centre of the wing. The wing contains holds 2 for freight, an engine compartment 3 and fuel tanks, and the craft is propelled by power units 16. The craft can float on the water, skim over the surface on an air cushion with the flaps 10, 11, 12 extended, or fly at altitude with the flaps closed to restore the wing profile.
Patent GB-567905-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in bearings
IPC: F16C33/08
Filed: 1943-09-02
Abstract: 567,905. Thrust bearings. LUCAS, O. D. Sept. 2, 1943, No. 14305. [Class 12 (i)] Thrust bearings comprise a sleeve 1 secured to a shaft and provided with an intermediate flange 3 received in recesses 6 in race-rings 4, 5 held together by a cage 7. The rings 4, 5 may be made of a plastic such as a phenol-formaldehyde resin having a filler of wood-flour and slate dust. The sleeve 1 is made of steel which is rustless or is casehardened and chromium plated. The cage 7 has flanges 8, one of which is preformed before assembly and the other one afterwards spun over. The racerings and sleeve may be treated with colloidal graphite, or the rings may have radial slots 9 in register with a lubricant hole 10 in the cage.
Patent GB-496924-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to prop or stand attachments for bicycles
IPC: B62H1/00
Filed: 1938-05-13
Abstract: 496,924. Bicycle supports. STOCKELER, F. May 13, 1938, No. 14313. [Class] 136 (i)] In a prop or stand attachment for bicycles, of the type comprising trestle legs pivoted for movement in the longitudinal direction of the cycle, an arm or bracket extending downwards from the crank bracket carries four pivoted struts, of which the pairs pivotally movable in one plane are adapted to be folded together, united by locking-means, and jointly swung into and out of the operative position. In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2, an arm or bracket 8 of U-shaped cross-section is secured beneath the crank bracket 4 by means of plates 5, 7 and a bolt 6, and is provided with a pivot pin 9 for four outwardly-cranked struts 10, 101, 11, 111, the pairs 10, 10<1> and 11, 11<1> respectively pivoting in the same plane so that they can be folded together, locked by a fastening device inserted in slots 14, and swung back into a horizontal inoperative position. Two tension springs 13 hold the struts in both the operative and inoperative positions, and the struts 10<1>, 11<1> are separated from the struts 10, 11 by a torsion spring on the pivot pin 9. The struts are pressed down into the operative position by the rider's feet, and may be used as a two-point prop support, or, by releasing the struts 10<1>, 11<1>, as a four-point trestle-like support, the spread being limited by stops at their upper pivoted ends. The struts may be rigidly connected together transversely in pairs, only a single spring 13 being then required. The struts may be held in the longitudinallyspread operative position by means of a vertical spring-urged sliding bolt having at its lower end a wedge-shaped recess adapted in the operative position to fit over and hold the pivoted upper ends of the struts. The bolt may be locked in position by a key.
Patent GB-655638-A (GB)
Title: Distributor of liquid for office work and for colouring drawings and photographs
IPC: B43L19/00
Filed: 1948-05-27
Abstract: 655,638. Collapsable tubes &c. PIANO, R. DEL. May 27, 1948, No. 14383. Convention date, May 30, 1947. [Class 661 [Also in Group XXIII] A tubular container has walls at least partly of rubber &c. 1, e.g. with a rear part 9 of glass or plastic, the tip 2 tapering axially, and the nozzle outlet 7 being short of the extreme end, e.g. due to cutting away a part 6. The discharge passage 5 may have a porous wick. The part 9 may be open at both ends, divided internally, and fitted with a nozzle at each end for use with different liquids.
Patent GB-291234-A (GB)
Title: An improvement in or relating to fire extinguishers
IPC: A62C13/00
Filed: 1927-05-28
Abstract: 291,234. Blakeborough, R. A., and Goodall, J. A. May 28, 1927. Extincteurs; portable pressure reservoirs.-The operating plunger adapted, in a fire-extinguisher, to pierce a capsule, open a valve, break a frangible vessel, &c., is actuated by a pivoted U-shaped handle and a link forming a toggle linkage. As shown, a U-shaped handle f pivoted at e, e to the cap a of the extinguisher has pivoted to it the legs of a U-shaped link g which passes through a head c<3> on the plunger c. The handle and link are so proportioned that when the plunger is fully raised the pivot points e and the legs of the link are in a straight line. The plunger c carries a valve member c<2> adapted to seal the outlet to the delivery nozzle a<1> when the plunger is raised. The link g may pass through a vertical slot in the head c<3> and be held downwardly therein by a spring. Two separate links or a single link may be used in place of the U-shaped link g, and a safety catch may be provided to retain the handle f in inoperative position.
Patent GB-828947-A (GB)
Title: New methods of textile or film ornamentation
Inventor: WOJTOWICZ BOLESLAV ROBERT ANTO
IPC: D06Q1/08
Filed: 1957-05-06
Abstract: Decorative effects are produced on textiles or films composed wholly or to a substantial extent of organic esters of cellulose, e.g. cellulose acetate or triacetate, by applying a swelling agent, then removing or substantially removing the swelling agent by washing with water, then locally applying pressure according to a desired pattern and finally applying a dye-stuff, a differential dyeing effect delineated by the pattern being thereby obtained. Specified swelling agents, which may be applied as heated aqueous solutions or emulsions, are diethylene glycol diacetate, glyceryl diacetate, ethyl lactate, sodium thiocyanate, o-phenyl phenol, tributyl phosphate, triethyl citrate and those listed in Specification 812,697.  The material may be padded with or worked in the swelling agent and rinsing-off may be effected in hot water.  Local pressure may be effected by a press, stamp, brush, rolling device or a heated engraved calendar.  Alternatively, local pressure may be applied as described in Specification 752,191, whereby local areas are compressively shrunk thereby yielding, in addition, a seersucker effect.  Dyeing may be effected on a winch or jigger or by padding, and continuous methods employing a molten-metal bath, as described in Specification 620,584, may be used.  Suitable dyestuffs are disperse, vat, solubilized vat, acid, basic and azoic dyestuffs. An additional dyeing step may be effected before the local application of pressure, whereby two-colour effects are obtained. The steps of pressure and dye application may be repeated with different patterns and dyes to yield combination effects. Numerous examples are given. Specifications 301,567, 301,568 and 311,306 also are referred to.
Patent GB-378518-A (GB)
Title: Improved method of incorporating plasticizers and activators into rubber
IPC: C08J3/20
Filed: 1931-05-15
Abstract: Agents which are both plasticizing and activating, e.g stearic, oleic and lauric acids and oxidized paraffins are incorporated into sheet rubber prior to milling by dipping the latter into a molten bath of the agent, and allowing to stand so that the agent may penetrate into the rubber.  It is desirable that the rubber should contain about 2 per cent of moisture prior to the incorporation of the activating and plasticizing agent, particularly in the case of stearic acid.  The rubber so impregnated may be used as a master batch for incorporation into additional rubber along with fillers, etc.  The impregnated rubber may be milled for 5 minutes in a Banbury mixer to render it perfectly homogeneous.  In an example crepe rubber sheets are immersed in molten stearic acid at 225 DEG  F. (or in lauric acid at 180 DEG  F., or in oleic acid at 150 DEG  F.), for 2-3 minutes when an amount of acid equal to about half the weight of the rubber will be absorbed.  The batch is allowed to drain for 4-6 minutes and then stored in a chamber at 125 DEG  F. for 5 hours.  It is possible by leaving the rubber in the acid bath for a sufficient time to obtain a final product containing 60 per cent or more of acid.
Patent GB-642081-A (GB)
Title: An improved clamping device for rods, bars and tubes
Inventor: HASSLER ERNST HEINRICH HERMANN
IPC: H01R4/60
Filed: 1944-07-28
Abstract: 642,081. Clamps. ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO., Ltd. July 28, 1944, No. 14458. [Class 44] [Also in Group X] A device for clamping a rod to another object in adjustable angular position comprises a pair of complementary clamping members for the rod, a third member secured to the other object, and a common clamping stud for the three members, wherein one of the clamping members and the third member also form engaging friction discs concentric with and relatively angularly adjustable about the stud, the device including a spring causing the clamp members to grip the rod when-the clamping stud is slackened to remove pressure from the discs. In the device shown, the rods 1. 2, are clamped by means of a stud 3 threaded at each end and having a collar 3a in the middle. Bearing against the collar is a spring washer 4, and next is a friction disc member 5, having its inner face recessed to form a socket 5a housing the spring and half the collar 3a which serves as a spigot centralizing the discs. On the back of the disc 5 is a half clamp part 5b having a segmental recess 5c to engage the rod 1. Next on the stud is located the complementary clamp member 6, having a recess 6e, a foot 6a bearing on the member 5, and a bore 6b with ample clearance on the stud. The clamping nut 7 is preferably formed to seat in a corresponding conical or spherical countersink in the member 6. Another similar set of parts, viz., spring washer, clamps 15 and 16, and nut 17 is provided on the opposite side of the collar 3a. Stud 3 is long enough to permit nuts 7, 17 to be run back sufficiently for the clamp jaws to be slipped over the rods. Before the nuts are tightened, each spring washer exerts an initial elastic grip on a rod, and the desired adjustment can then be made. A base plate for the rod 2 may comprise a stud 8 welded to a plate 9 and screwing into a socket member 10 in which rod 2 is secured by a set screw 11. Stud 3 may be extended at either end and another rod 11 secured thereto by an internally threaded coupler 12.
Patent GB-456984-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to vacuum cleaners
IPC: A47L7/02
Filed: 1935-05-18
Abstract: 456,984. Vacuum cleaners. HOLT, A. J., 173, Elmstead Avenue, Wembley Park, Middlesex. May 18, 1935, No. 14603. [Class 8 (i)] A vacuum cleaner particularly for clothes, curtains &c. comprises an elongated nozzle 4 carried by a flexible hose closely following the shape of the rotary brush 9 which is driven by a flexible shaft from the prime mover; a switch 14 is provided on the nozzle. The prime mover, fan and dust bag may be mounted on a wheeled base.
Patent GB-1148433-A (GB)
Title: Chromium-nickel plating
IPC: C25D3/18
Filed: 1966-04-01
Abstract: 1,148, 433. Chromium-nickel plating. KEWANEE OIL CO. April 1, 1966 [April 26, 1965], No.14658/66. Heading C7B. A two layer laminate having 300-3000 cracks per lineal inch is made by electro-depositing on a metal substrate a layer of Ni or Co or Co and Ni 0À03 - 0À52 mil thick, the deposition taking place from a first bath at a temperature between 60F. and 160F., the deposited metal having a stress value of at least 30, 000 pounds per square inch measured by the rigid strip method, the electrodepositing over the first layer a layer of Cr from 10 to 50 millionths of an inch thick from a second bath at a temperature from 90 F, to 150F., the second bath containing a chromium plating solution optionally containing up to 0À1 gram/litre of sodium selenate or an arsenic, strontium or fluosilicate compound to induce stressing of the chromium layer, and finally, if necessary, heating the laminate for 5 to 120 seconds at 180F. - 450F, to induce cracking the nickel bath may be a Watts type bath or other sulphate, chloride, sulphamate or fluoborate bath and may contain, as stress producing agents amine boranes, pyridinium compounds, quinolinium compounds or isoquinolinium compounds for example. The chromium plating bath may contain chromic acid, sulphate ion and 0002 to 0À01 grams per litre of selenate ion.